The efficacy of journaling practice depends on whether there are safety and privacy in freely expressing without fear of being monitored. - “Eleven studies (18 outcomes) collected and/or analysed participant journals. This would likely have adversely affected results. Much of the efficacy of journaling comes from the ability of one to write openly and honestly, without the fear of judgement, safe in the knowledge that the journal will not be read by others.12 While some involved in those studies were only collecting journals to ensure compliance, some were in fact analysed for content. Both practices in our opinion are counterproductive to optimal journaling practices.” (Sohal et al., 2022, p. 6) - Cited Phipps JJ. E-journaling: achieving interactive education online. Educ Q 2005.